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Gloucester - 1968 (Roll: 19,996)
Retained by Country Party
Candidate Party Votes % Final %
Buckingham, Charles William Independent 973 5.22
Jackson, Philip Reginald Labor Party 4,305 23.09
Punch, Leon Ashton (Re-elected) Country Party 11,152 59.81
Scott, Walter Robert Independent 1,325 7.11
Tully, John Henry Independent 891 4.78
Formal Votes 18,646
Informal Votes 375 1.97
Total Votes / Turnout 19,021 95.12
Notes: The Liberal Party went to some effort to state they were supporting Punch as the Country Party candidate, and the President of a local Liberal branch criticised other candidates who painted themselves as Liberals. See Gloucester Advocate 10 February 1968, p.4. Buckingham described himself as an 'Independent Liberal' and a 'True Liberal', while Scott described himself as a Liberal Country Party candidate.